Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-21
bonds, The call i. for sis,7l7.5oo bond. Of

bonds. The call is for sl9, III 500 bonds of
per cent. losn Of 1882
Members of the France Chamber of pep
uties are deluged with kilograms from the
provinces demanding that Gen. Boulsnger
oe retained in the ministry Of war.
I The'President will lesve Washington, May
! Goth, with Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom,
/ Col. Lamont and Mrs. Lamont. for Ssrsnsc
Lake. and will be absent from the Capital
about ten DAYS.
1 Gladstone accompanied his wife to re
ception of the Womsn's Liberal Federation.
Thursday. Being asked to make speech
he excused himself on the ground of hoarse.
ness and loss of voice.
Fierce gales have prevailed and great dam
age has been done in various parts Of Eng.
land. In Kent the wind blew with the vio.
lence of a hurricane. Snow and hail stones
have been experienced in the lake districts
of Scotland
Chss. B Reynolds, of Morristown. n. ]
charged with blsspheny in writing and cir.
| culsting a pamphlet attacking the Christian
religion and bible was. Friday, found guilty
and fined S25 and costs. Bob Ingersoll de-
Tended him.
Mrs. Bennie Boyd recovered 50, 500 dam
ages at Grand Rapids, Mich, Thursday, from
liquor seller, Christopher Post, who sold
her husband liquor, under the influence of
which he killed a man and WAS sentenced TO
prison for life
In the coroner's inquest in the Conlon mur-
der case near Weirs, n. H., the jury returned
verdict that Conlon came to his death in
some wav unknown TO the jury; that he was
not dead when thrown into the water, but
lived few seconds
The graves Of the Confederate dead in
Norfolk, Va, were decorated Thursday by
the veterans IF both Union and Confederate
armies. The procession was reviewed b,
Gov. Lee and staff dressed in Confederate
uniform and mounted.
Treasurer Hyatt was at the Treasury in
Washington q few hours Friday and |, e for
| home in the afternoon. lie submitted his
bond and 1t Was approved by the secretary
and solicitor of the Treasury. The sureties
justify in the sum of $3.50 900.
! The New York State Srnste FRIDAY passed
| the bill prohibiting the penalty of six months
| imprisonment employers of lsborers from
coercing any persons to sign an agreemen,
not to enter labor organizations as a condi.
ton for securing employment.
Richark X Fox Friday sen. letter to the
Office OF the New York Clipper, calling upor
John l.. Sullivan to meet Jake Kilrain for
the championship of America and the Polic,
|
title of championship to Kirain.
Secretary Whitney Friday afternoon or
6ered the court of inquiry to investigate tn,
accident by which several japanese subject.
were killed by an explosion Of shells which
had been fired from the frigate Omaha
under command Of Capt. Selfriige.
otwithstanding the threats of the Mon
treal police. Gilmore and Hawkins met at tn,
back river at 2 o'clock Friday morning, il
the presence of a few spectators and, after
hard fight which lasted nearly two hours
Gilmore was completely knocked out.
Edgar L. Barrows of Athol, convicted 0
incest, with Lena NJ. Barrows, was sentence,
, on Friday to five years in State Prison. Aa
ron Oliver convicted for an attempt to pro
cure an abortion upon Lena NJ. Bsrrows wa
sentenced to three years IN State Prison.
+. c. Stubbs, the general traffic manage
of the Southwestern Pacific Railroad Co.
was before the interstate commission Frida,
in support of an application to have the temp
orary order suspending the operation Of III
: fourth section of the law mnde permanent.
Arbor day WAS observed in Providence Fri
day by the graduating classes of the Hig
and Grammar schools, who planted a row o
81 elm trees in Roger Williams Park to tn
memory of the late Mavor Thomas A. Doyle
Fifteen thousand persons witnesses the ex
ercises.
| L. :. District Attorney Sterns has beel
instructed TO prosecute Houdlett & Dunnell.
whose invoices of steel slabs were recently
seized for under valuation of 40 per cen,
The penalty is forfeiture OF the goods
$4,000 fine or imprisonment not exceeding
two wears or both.
The Mechanics and Traders Exchange o
New York FRIDAY telegrsphed to the Mechan